The art of memoir

Description:

Karr breaks down the key elements of great literary memoir, opening our concepts of memory and identity, and illuminating the cathartic power of reflecting on the past; anybody with an inner life or complicated history, whether writer or reader, will relate.

subjects: Autobiography,  Biography as a literary form,  Authorship,  nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction=2015-10-04,  New York Times bestseller,  New York Times reviewed